religion UFO
by Gilles Bernier
Today, we tend to mean a more sharp: "Does it a form of intelligent life on other planets? "
one theological viewpoint based on the Bible, we are thus able to sketch the following observation: the UFO phenomenon has features that sound strangely like a more experience within the religious sphere.
A former believer in the secret file of UFOs
Ex-believer of UFOs and extraterrestrials, I am one who, late in their teens, have covered the Iniative literature on the subject. I even market in a field at night watching the stars in the hope of seeing any spacecraft. Certain Steven Spielberg was not for nothing either. I am now, as a young adult, receptive to alien cosmologies. However, I concluded later that all this, on balance, much in common with a religious approach. The following days, I was surprised to come across an article that was in the same direction looking for something else on the shelves of public libraries.
Interestingly, journalists or researchers secular arrived at similar conclusions. This is especially the secular journalistic point of view that I chose to touch and comment in what follows.
Some Observations of a secular journalist
Indeed, in a book secular, Jean Robin was observed from the stories listed from within the UFO phenomenon (UFO) "technical evolution of so-called vessels of the space "(1). In other words, the complexity of the technology of these spacecraft is progressing at the same pace as the evolution of our science ... and our science-fiction.
Continuing his argument further, it should not be surprised, with the arrival of a recent hypothesis (scientific?), Travel to these supposed beings to do so now without spaceships 'high tech'. Expect us stories about visitors arrived by tunnels rather very small radius of the universe that would cross from one end to another. Greatest need now to prove the existence of super-machines. That's something less.
The author also raises, I think rightly, that if we put out God and angels, many have replaced nevertheless, consciously or not, by "extra-terrestrial civilization" have a "proper dimension eschatological "(2), (3); exalted dimension largely by the movies of recent decades.
Points common with a religious approach
Admittedly there is indeed a lot of similarities between the experiences related to UFOs and other religious experiences or quasi-religious. We observed the following similarities:
believe or not believe
We talk about believing and not believing in UFOs and aliens.
The aspiration to experience close
Some people aspire to experience an outright close, with contact, the type of movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (or third level or degree) or to "ET The Extraterrestrial." In the latter, several findings from the first version of the film, a clear parallel with the person of Jesus. He heals her friends dies and comes back to life, is taken up into heaven and other allusions of the kind which falls within the sphere of faith.
According to Jean Robin, some groups of believers of UFOs "is true in smaller churches are waiting with a rare fervor a messiah Extraterrestrial (...) with which it strives to become psychic communication" (4 ). Needless to recall the sad experiences of Quebec and Switzerland with an Order of followers, who a decade after the article by Dr. Robin has the headlines (late '90). We believe that if this was (hopefully) of an extremist group, it does indicate the existence of a belief less dramatic but very real. There are other members who meet without going up or to sacrifice to get to Sirius (or elsewhere), even when a suction feed on cosmological affecting the religious sphere. The banner of the New Age has a lot of supporters in this direction. If this sounds exaggerated, know that the same author mentions a U.S. university education leading to a diploma and dealing on how to behave before the aliens when we meet.
A hierarchy sometimes from the Bible
often associated with this phenomenon of extraterrestrial beings a hierarchy of celestial beings, more or less directly derived from or inspired by the Bible. However, correct immediately. The Bible describes angels and fallen angels as spirits among others characterized by the fact that they have no permanent body, and therefore not need spaceships to travel in universde by their very nature (spirits) . Furthermore, the Bible clearly associates certain visions of prophets or angels glory of God itself. But with the replay more or less honest, angels and the glory of God become UFO, the voice of the Lord "As the sound of many waters" which announces a verbal message becomes the engines, so that soon there has more respect for the biblical text.
The perspective of an investigator of the alleged experiences with close AND .
On a second point of view external to Christianity, Budd Hopkins is said to be in the middle, "the pioneer of studies on the phenomenon of abduction by UFOs" (5). He participated on a regular basis at all on TV U.S. channels. It believes in UFOs, and claims to have collected the stories of people who say they were abducted. Now, here's what he said in an interview in 1990: "The events depicted are at least very unpleasant or horrifying (6). And later still about these stories of abductions: "The number (...) living these experiences and know the anxiety and terror is one side of the horrific phenomenon" (7). And still speaking of this intelligence: "The coldness of UFO intelligence technology (...) callous, devoid of emotion" (8).
A lesson for us
We do not want to support those assertions, neither all the personal beliefs of a journalist. However, the fact remains that we have presented two views without reference to Christianity, but two points of view on this point are in the same direction: We did not find these things.
add: what is the flush on Christianity and replace it with something undefined, and anything higher? Why not try to approach God through a simple prayer: "Lord Jesus, if you exist, I want you in my life. want to know you "?
And if you believe in ... AND
So you believe in something that falls within the realm of faith-belief. And unfortunately, yet many people stubbornly refuse to believe in God our Creator and Savior. You see, the solution extraterrestrial solves nothing. And they, where are they? What is there before them? You Will accompany them in your daily experience?
And those who have seen?
We do not believe in explaining the meaning of extraterrestrial beings more evolved than us. BUT we are not saying that some people have not seen anything. On the other hand, in addition to physical phenomena, many other spiritual phenomena could explain these things. You will realize while reading the Bible and joining a church (assembly) of Christian believers. The spiritual deception can even hide behind some phenomena. (Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, chap. 2, verses 10 to 12). Here is a
passages that could be likened to a description of UFO, but seeing as it involves decision on our part today:
"and it will give you the reassurance to you who suffer, and to us. This will happen when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, and he shall come in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer as a punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and away from his glorious power, when he comes in that day to be honored by all who belong to him and admired by all who believe ... "
(from the Bible, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10).
